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NPR's Steve Inskeep talks to scientists Melinda Webster with the University of Alaska Fairbanks, about implications for the rest of the globe. She's on an icebreaker ship to examine ice melt.

The Voting Rights Act requires some states and local areas to offer election materials in more than just English. But the support for voters is limited to Spanish, Asian and Native American languages.

They were secretaries, cab drivers, teachers and artists — brought together on a mission for lesbian visibility and political change.

The 98-foot Pacific Sounder ran aground Friday morning on the western shore of Unimak Island; the U.S. Senate Committee on Indian Affairs held an Oversight Hearing Wednesday on the first volume of the Federal Boarding School Initiative’s investigative report; and kids under five in Alaska can now get COVID vaccines.

The largest bacteria known to science have been discovered in the Caribbean. They're visible to the naked eye and surprisingly complex.

NPR's Leila Fadel speaks with Michael Waldman of the Brennan Center about the Supreme Court's decision to strike down New York's concealed-carry law.

The U.S. Supreme Court, in a 6-3 opinion, ruled that New York's restrictions on the concealed carry of firearms in public violates the Second Amendment.

As Americans wait for a Supreme Court decision on a case that could overturn the 1973 decision that legalized abortion in the U.S., other countries already provide a snapshot of what that's like.

The House Select Committee investigating the Capitol siege will focus on efforts by former President Donald Trump to pressure the Justice Department to pursue baseless claims of election fraud.

The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office approved the request. Ohio State may control use of "The" on branded products associated with and sold through athletics and collegiate channels, such as T-shirts.